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Savonius wind turbine
About: Savonius wind turbine is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 333 publications have been published within this topic receiving 6521 citations.
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01 Oct 2019
TL;DR: In this article, the performance of a small Savonius vertical axis wind turbine equipped with an upstream obstacle to guide the wind direction was investigated in a test facility at the Mechanical Engineering Department, Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember (ITS).
Abstract: The present studies investigate the performance of a small Savonius vertical axis wind turbine equipped with an upstream obstacle to guide the wind direction. The wind tunnel measurement was carried out in a test facility at the Mechanical Engineering Department, Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember (ITS). The dynamic torque was measured using the brake dynamometer. Several variations of the obstacle orientations were investigated. Two different wind speeds of 2.48 m/s and 7.45 m/s were considered, that correspond to the Reynolds numbers of 30,000 and 90,000, respectively, according to the rotor diameter. It is found from the studies that the mechanical torque and power generated by the rotor are strongly affected by the obstacle. On the other hand, the Reynolds number has no significant impact on the rotor performance.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the vortex shedding phenomenon of a wind turbine rotor is modeled as a discrete bound vortices and the wake is generated in a time stepping calculation as an emission of free Vortices, and a code is developed which predicts the wake structure to be in good agreement with the experimental visualizations.
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01 Jan 2018
TL;DR: In this article, the effect of fin addition for the 'S' shape of Savonius VAWT was investigated and it was found that additional fin significantly increase the ability of Savoni rotor VAWTs to generate electrical energy shown by increasing of electrical power.
Abstract: Wind power has been receiving attention as the new energy resource in addressing the ecological problems of burning fossil fuels. Savonius wind rotor is a vertical axis wind turbines (VAWT) which has relatively simple structure and low operating speed. These characteristics make it suitable for areas with low average wind speed as in Indonesia. To identify the performance of Savonius rotor in generating electrical energy, this research experimentally studied the effect of fin addition for the 'S' shape of Savonius VAWT. The fin is added to fill the space in the blade in directing the wind flow. This rotor has two turbine blades, a rotor diameter of 1.1 m and rotor height of 1.4 m, used pulley transmission system with 1:4.2 multiplication ratio, and used a generator type PMG 200 W. The research was conducted during dry season by measuring the wind speed in the afternoon. The average wind speed in the area is 2.3 m/s with the maximum of 4.5 m/s. It was found that additional fin significantly increase the ability of Savonius rotor VAWT to generate electrical energy shown by increasing of electrical power. The highest power generated is 13.40 Watt at a wind speed of 4.5 m/s by adding 1 (one) fin in the blade. It increased by 22.71% from the rotor blade with no additional fin. However, increasing number of fins in the blade was not linearly increase the electrical power generated. The wind rotor blade with 4 additional fins is indicated has the lowest performance, generating only 10.80 Watt electrical power, accounted lower than the one generated by no fin-rotor blade. By knowing the effect of the rotor shape, the rotor dimension, the addition of fin, transmission, and generator used, it is possible to determine alternative geometry design in increasing the electrical power generated by Savonius wind turbine.
19 citations
TL;DR: Effects of wind angles and wind speeds on capability of voltage generation of a savonius wind turbine with double wind tunnels are proposed and results show the faster the wind speeds, the higher levels of generated voltage.
18 citations
TL;DR: In this article, the authors compared four different blade profiles in a two-blade conventional Savonius wind turbine and found that the profile of blades plays a considerable role in power characteristics.
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Savonius turbines are one of the old and cost-effective turbines which extract the wind energy by the drag force. Nowadays, they use in urban areas to generate electricity due to their simple structure, ease of maintenance, and acceptable power output under a low wind speed. However, their efficiency is low and the improvement of their performance is necessary to increase the total power output. This paper compares four various blade profiles in a two-blade conventional Savonius wind turbine. The ratios of blade diameter to the blade depth of s/d = 0.3, 0.5, 0.7, and 1 are tested under different free-wind speeds of 3, 5, and 7 m/s and tip speed ratios (TSRs) in the range from 0.2 to 1.2. It is found that the profile of blades in a Savonius rotor plays a considerable role in power characteristics. Also, regardless of blades profile and free-wind speed, the maximum power coefficient develops in TSR = 0.8. In addition, increasing the free-wind speed enhances the rotor performance of all cases under consideration. Finally, it is revealed that the rotor with s/d = 0.5 provides maximum power coefficients in all free-wind speeds and TSR values among the rotors under consideration, whereas the rotor with s/d = 1 is the worth cases.
18 citations